new plugin which sort of solves this

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / ikiwiki / wikilink.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn
index 38df00f86ea42b3c57da07c414e02f8387e330b9..cf3b89c763d9c2dc1feec52bc69cf05a817d13f6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]

 WikiLinks provide easy linking between pages of the wiki. To create a
 [[WikiLink]], just put the name of the page to link to in double brackets.
 For example `\[[WikiLink]]`.
 WikiLinks provide easy linking between pages of the wiki. To create a
 [[WikiLink]], just put the name of the page to link to in double brackets.
 For example `\[[WikiLink]]`.


@@ -8,9 +9,6 @@ wikilink, just prefix it with a `\`, like `\\[[WikiLink]]`.
 There are some special [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] that come into play when
 linking between [[SubPages|SubPage]].
 
 There are some special [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] that come into play when
 linking between [[SubPages|SubPage]].
 

-Also, if the file linked to by a WikiLink looks like an image, it will
-be displayed inline on the page.
-

 WikiLinks are matched with page names in a case-insensitive manner, so you
 don't need to worry about getting the case the same, and can capitalise
 links at the start of a sentence, and so on.
 WikiLinks are matched with page names in a case-insensitive manner, so you
 don't need to worry about getting the case the same, and can capitalise
 links at the start of a sentence, and so on.


@@ -20,8 +18,12 @@ name as the link text. For example `\[[foo_bar|SandBox]]` links to the SandBox
 page, but the link will appear like this: [[foo_bar|SandBox]].
 
 To link to an anchor inside a page, you can use something like
 page, but the link will appear like this: [[foo_bar|SandBox]].
 
 To link to an anchor inside a page, you can use something like

-`\[[WikiLink#foo]]`
+`\[[WikiLink#foo]]` .
+
+If the file linked to by a WikiLink looks like an image, it will
+be displayed inline on the page.
+
+---

 
 

-**Note that you cannot use spaces in WikiLinks**. Replace spaces with
-underscores. The presence of spaces is used to distinguish between a
-[[PreprocessorDirective]] and a WikiLink.
+You can also put an url in a WikiLink, to link to an external page.
+Email addresses can also be used to generate a mailto link.